Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: text, Poem of wisdom of love, beauty, and celebration of time; verso: illustration and text, Feast of 'id
Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Claude Anet (1868-1931)
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
- Provenance
- To 1931
- Claude Anet (1868-1931), Paris to 1931 [1]
- 1932
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), acquired in Paris, March 21, 1932 [2]
- From 1932
- Freer Gallery of Art, puchased from Hagop Kevorkian in 1932 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, folder sheet note.
- [2] See Hagop Kevorkian's letter to Mr. Lodge, dated March 25, 1932 Paris, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Calligrapher
- Sultan Muhammad Nur
- Artist
- Shaykhzade
- Date
- 1523-24 (930 A.H.)
- Period
- Safavid period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 30 x 18.9 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/16 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
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